Refrigerating device



(-No Model.) H. W-.SPEIGHT.

REFRIGERATING DEVICE.

patented Aug. so, 1887.

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NITED STATES c PATENT Orrin.,

HENRY W. SPEIGHT, OF BROOKLYN, YORK.

REFRIGERATING DEVICE.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r369,132I dated August30, 1887.

Application tiled April '8, 1887. Serial No. 234,147. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY W. SPEIGHT, of

l Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Refrigerating Device, of which-the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

` My invention relates to an improved refrigerating device speciallyadapted for butchers use, and has for its object to provide a meanswhereby corned meats and similar articles may be kept cool in a simplemanner and at a minimum cost.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the'accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in'both the iigures.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal and vertical section through thedevice, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In carrying the invention into effect a box, A, is provided, preferablyrectangularin form, having an upper spaced and auxiliary bottom, A',secured thereto below the center, as shown in Fig. l.

Upon the auxiliary bottom A' an interior box-like receptacle, B, isbuilt, adapted to extend upward flush with the 'top of the outer box orcasing, A. Between the sides and ends of the two receptacles an equalspace, B', is provided, which space centrally of the ends is divided byvertical partitions D D', the partition D being adapted to extend fromthe top of the receptacles to an engagement with the auxiliary bottomA', and the partition D' also from the top of the receptacles, but onlypartially down toward thesaid bottom A', whereby a passage, d, isformed, as shown in Fig. 1.

In close proximity to the partition D and within the passage d,avertical overflow-pipe, E, is secured to the auxiliary bottom A, at oneend having communication with thelower chamber, E', and in comparativelythe same relative position with regard to the partial partition D' awaste-pipe, F, is attached to the auxiliary bottom A', communicatingwith the chamber E', and adapted to extend upward slightly above thelower end of the said partition D', and then at rightangles outwardthrough the outer casing or receptacle A, where it maybe connected withany suitable drain.

In operation the material to be kept coolsuch as corned beef, salt pork,&c.-Wis placed in the inner receptacle B, and the cold wastewater fromthe ice-box of a refrigerator is made to enter the space B at H,whereupon it flows through the opening d, as indicated by arrows, Fig.l,-to a contact with the standpipe'E and partition D. Vhen the space Bhas become lled, the cold water will ilow down the said standpipeintothe lower chamber, E', and up through the waste-pipe, as indicatedby arrows in Fig. 1, out into any suitable drain.

lt will be 'observed that the material in the receptacle B is keptconstantly cool by the continual passage of cold water around the sidesand in contact with the bottom, and that the cost of refrigerating ismerely nominal, as the material employed is a waste product.'

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ism

l. A refrigerating-box provided with `an auxiliary bottom, a smaller boxbuilt upon said bottom, a stand-pipe intervening between the sides ofthetwo boxes and uniting the space formed thereby with thespace'intervening between the bottoms of said boxes, and a4 waste-pipeoppositely situated to said standpipe and opening through the auxiliarybottom and projecting outside the outer box, as set forth.

2. A refrigerating device consisting of receptacle A, provided with anauxiliary bottom, A', an inner and smaller receptacle, B, 4

whereby a space, B', intervenes the inner and outer receptacles, apartition, D, dividing said space at one end, and a second partition,D', partially dividing said space at the opposite end, a chamber, E',below said auxiliary bottom, a stand-pipe, E, connecting the space B'and chamber E', and a waste-pipe, F, adapted to connect said chamber E'with a drain, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

HENRY W. SPEIG HT.

Witnesses:

A. A. GARTEREAU, C. E. CASTLE.

